Music-Genres & Styles-Classical

Derived from a popular series of lecture-recitals presented by Carol Montparker over the past several years, The Composer's Landscape features eight insightful essays on the piano repertoire. Each chapter focuses on a single composer: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, and Mendelssohn. Montparker...

This heartbreaking tale uncovers a mystery in the life of one of the most important personalities of the twentieth century, guitarist Andr駸 Segovia (1893-1987). He married the widowed Paquita Madriguera (1900-1965), famous child prodigy pianist and prized student of Enrique Granados, in 1935 as...

"The interconnectivity and absurdity of the world is on full display in The Rube Goldberg Variations, a book of poetry that uses the inspiration of twelve-tone music, acrostic, and variations of double sestinas to create a sonorous, rhythmic collection that is greater than the...

John Bell Young explores some of the richest and most memorable instrumental music ever written. How did this prolific musician compose more than a thousand masterpieces in a career that spanned less than two decades? Young's colorful analysis of a Schubert's greatest orchestral, piano...

Ludwig van Beethoven had a life beyond music. He considered it his duty to spend leisure-time improving his Bildung (sophistication). To this end he familiarised himself with tangible manifestations of Greco-Roman antiquity, for he perceived these cultures and their representatives as examples of intellectual,...

Certificate of Merit for Best Historical Research in Recorded Classical Music - 2020 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence The Other Toscanini is the only book in English about the Argentine conductor and composer H ctor Panizza (1875-1967). Known all over the...

This anthology of arias for countertenors and female altos and mezzo-sopranos drawn from Oratorios and Cantatas is beautifully presented and clear to read. Wherever an aria was composed with a preceding recitative this has also been included. An essential collection for students and teachers,...

Foreword Reviews 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award Winner in Performing Arts & Music Anshel Brusilow started playing violin in 1933 at age five, in a Russian Jewish neighborhood of Philadelphia where practicing your instrument was as ordinary as hanging out the laundry....

With more than three hundred recordings to his name and multiple GRAMMY nominations, José Serebrier is one of the busiest and most successful conductors around. Admired across the globe, he has proven for several decades that he is not only one of the most...

(Guitar). Concentrating on the melody or harmony of a piece is a great exercise for when you have to do both. For this book, author James Douglas Esmond has chosen a dozen pieces out of the classical domain which are not found in the...

Everyday Musical Life among the Indigenous Bunun, Taiwan contributes to multidisciplinary research on music in everyday human life by pushing beyond the urbanized Western populations routinely featured in such writing. Based on ethnographic study in Buklavu, a village in southern Taiwan mostly inhabited by...

Analyzes two groups of "musical novels" -- novels that take music as a model for their construction -- including jazz novels by Toni Morrison and Michael Ondaatje, and novels based on Bach's Goldberg Variations. What is a "musical novel"? This book defines the genre...

Nava Varna Kritis are a great gift for us all. The structure of those songs and the ragas selected for each chakra are a beauty. Dikshitar systematically reaches from base to Bindu in each song and explains the greatness of the position of the...

Sébastien Erard's (1752-1831) inventions have had an enormous impact on instruments and musical life and are still at the foundation of piano building today. Drawing on an unusually rich set of archives from both the Erard firm and the Erard family, author Robert Adelson...

This famous work for full orchestra is a perennial favourite at Halloween and Pops concerts throughout the world. This is a version for brass quintet that is sure to thrill audiences. It was Rimsky-Korsakov who, after the death of Moussorgsky, made a purely orchestral...

Ever since the nineteenth century, descriptions of musical form have tended to rely heavily on architectonic analogies. In contrast, earlier discussions more often invoked the metaphor of a journey to describe the structure of a composition. In Journeys Through Galant Expositions, author L. Poundie...

This very popular solo song was made famous by such vocalists as Kiri Te Kanawa. The elegant and simple melodic line lends itself very well to any instrument or voice type.Author: C駸ar FranckISBN-10: 1554727405ISBN-13: 9781554727407Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2008Pages: 999Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 11.00h x...

Ave Maris Stella is a hymn from Monteverdi's Vespers of the Blessed Virgin. The work is split into three sections interjected with ritornelo passages. The solo sections provide opportunities for certain combinations of instruments to be featured. This piece, scored for two brass quintets,...

From classical music to Jazz the journey is long and magical, as the chords are revised, transforming like the colors of a sky during sunset. Keep in mind that melody is the boat and harmony is its sail ... In this book you have...

(Willis). A collection of early intermediate piano solos compiled and edited by noted composer William Gillock.Author: William GillockISBN-10: 1540071537ISBN-13: 9781540071538Publisher: Willis Music CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2005Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.70w x 0.20d

(Schott). Contents: I. Zwischen Berg und tiefem Tal * II. Nun laube, Lindlein, laube * Fugato: Der Gutzgauch auf dem Zaune sass * III. Variationen: Seid ihr nicht der Schwanendreher.Author: Paul HindemithISBN-10: 3795795133ISBN-13: 9783795795139Publisher: SchottLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/1984Pages: 44Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 11.73h x 8.90w x...

(Full Score). English Only Cloth Score.Author: Gian-Carlo MenottiISBN-10: 1540069257ISBN-13: 9781540069252Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 12.00h x 9.00w x 0.41d

Author: Anastassia IvanovaISBN-10: 3639088948ISBN-13: 9783639088946Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/05/2008Pages: 88Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.18d

(Vocal Collection). Songs especially good for auditions have been chosen from Volumes 1-5 of The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology and edited to 30-40 second "16-Bar" excerpts. Each volume includes over 100 songs in original keys.Author: Richard WaltersISBN-10: 1540020282ISBN-13: 9781540020284Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Author: Charles Sandford Terry, Johann Sebastian BachISBN-10: 1906857202ISBN-13: 9781906857202Publisher: Travis and Emery Music BookshopLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/28/2009Pages: 698Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.12lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.40d

For nearly a century, it has inspired composers, scholars, critics, performers, and visual artists. Severine Neff re-creates for her readers the quartet's historical, cultural, and musical background-its introduction of the human voice, its genesis during a personal crisis in the composer's life, the scandal...

John Hunt was born in Windsor and Graduated from University College London, in German language and literature. He has worked in personnel administration, record retailing and bibliographic research for a government agency and is on the lecture panel of the National Federation of Music...

Johann Sebastian Bach's works are often classified as either sacred or secular. While this distinction is fraught, it seems to provide a useful way to distinguish between Bach's vocal works for the liturgy and those he wrote to honor courts and members of the...

John Hunt was born in Windsor and Graduated from University College London, in German language and literature. He has worked in personnel administration, record retailing and bibliographic research for a government agency and is on the lecture panel of the National Federation of Music...

SchottVocal (German) and Guitar.Author: BreuerISBN-10: 3795740029ISBN-13: 9783795740023Publisher: SchottLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/1979Pages: 34Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 7.00h x 4.40w x 0.60d

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). Based on the Zoltan Szekely arrangement of Bartok's Roumanian Folk Dances for violin and piano. Kalman Berkes' transcription now makes this work available for clarinet and piano.Author: Bela BartokISBN-10: 3702420614ISBN-13: 9783702420611Publisher: Universal EditionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2009Pages: 10Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 11.70h...

Texts and translation of all Debussy's songs with valuable notes. This completely revised second edition of The Poetic Debussy contains the most recent discoveries in the composer's oeuvre, including a number of hitherto unknown songs. The texts of all Debussy's songs, both in the...

A complete new edition of Beethoven's conversation books, in 12 volumes, now translated into English in their entirety for the first time. Covering a period associated with the revolutionary style of what we call "late Beethoven", these lively and compelling conversations are now finally...

Antony Hopkins was most instrumental in opening up classical music to a wider audience. To celebrate his 90th birthday in 2011 (21st March, same date as Bach but different year) we are republishing some of his works.Author: Antony HopkinsISBN-10: 1849550336ISBN-13: 9781849550338Publisher: Travis and Emery...

Antony Hopkins was most instrumental in opening up classical music to a wider audience. To celebrate his 90th birthday in 2011 (21st March, same date as Bach but different year) we are republishing some of his works.Author: Antony HopkinsISBN-10: 1849550131ISBN-13: 9781849550130Publisher: Travis and Emery...

This book presents new information about Rachmaninoff accessed from unique sources previously unavailable in English. From the extraordinary women who inspired him, to his humanitarian work, to his religion, Nollan interweaves Rachmaninoff's personal struggles and triumphs into his concert career.Author: Valeria Z. NollanISBN-10: 1666917591ISBN-13:...

(Music Minus One). Performed by Stanley Drucker, clarinet Accompaniment: Judith Olson, piano This first volume of intermediate-level clarinet solos features Stanley Drucker of the New York Philharmonic, who guides you through an advancing repertoire of ever more challenging pieces for the clarinetist, complete with...

An essential book for scholars and students of renaissance music, as well as the history of music publishing and print. The Renaissance composer and organist Thomas Morley (c.1557-1602) is best known as a leading member of the English Madrigal School, but he also built...

Widor was a French organist, composer, and teacher. Widor is best remembered today for this famous Toccata" from his Symphony for Organ No. 5, which is often played as a recessional at wedding ceremonies."Author: Charles-Marie WidorISBN-10: 1554737141ISBN-13: 9781554737147Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2011Pages: 20Format: PaperbackWeight:...

In the baroque era most concertos were - in the modern sense of the term - chamber music, to be played by a small group of musicians each reading from an individual printed or manuscript part. Indeed, composers often expected the soloist to be...

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). These delightful collections of carefully-selected pieces provide the perfect repertoire resource for aspiring Grade 1 and Grade 2 instrumentalists. Each piece included in these wide-ranging collections is complemented by useful practice and performance tips. A CD of demonstration and...

Classical Sheet Music For Euphonium With Euphonium & Piano Duets - Book 1Including Euphonium/Piano DuetsThe Euphonium parts in this book are written in treble clef, there is also a bass clef version of this book for players who prefer to read bass clef, you...

(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). Another volume in the Masterworks Library of full scores collected in one volume.Author: Sergei RachmaninoffISBN-10: 0851624642ISBN-13: 9780851624648Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2005Pages: 285Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.46lbsSize: 11.90h x 8.90w x 0.70d

Best known for his collaborations with Bertolt Brecht, composer Hanns Eisler also set nineteenth-century German poetry to music that both absorbs and disturbs the Lieder tradition. This book traces Eisler's art songs (German: Kunstlieder) through twentieth-century political crises from World War I to Nazi-era...

(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). Full Orchestral ScoreAuthor: Sergei RachmaninoffISBN-10: 0851624618ISBN-13: 9780851624617Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2004Pages: 270Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.40d

This Practical Performing Edition is a well-rounded introduction to Chopin's easiest piano pieces. It contains the familiar Prelude in A Major," "Prelude in B minor" and "Prelude in E minor," three waltzes (published posthumously), six mazurkas and additional works. Ornaments are realized and fingering...

(String Solo). This book features the classic repertoire of the masters along with digital access of piano accompaniments for practice use. Contents: Canzonetta (D'Ambrosio) * Air on the G String (Bach) * Menuet from Quintet in E (Boccherini) * La Serenata (Braga) * Cradle-Song...

This beautifully laid out edition of Debussy's Suite Bergamasque has large, readable scoring as well as footnotes, performance suggestions, and historical information about the work.Author: Claude DebussyISBN-10: 0739022296ISBN-13: 9780739022290Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/1970Pages: 32Format: OtherWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 12.00h x 8.70w x 0.20d

(String Solo). Book with accompaniment audio that features 17 pieces appropriate for recital or contest use. Contents: Allegro Maestoso (Handel) * Allegro Spiritoso (Senaille) * Andante (Beethoven) * Andante (Gluck) * Aria (Lotti) * Bourree I (Bach)* Country Dance * La Cinquantine (The Golden...

(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). The Boosey & Hawkes Easy String Music series by Katherine & Hugh Colledge contains four volumes of repertoire for new and developing string players. Popular with teachers and students alike, each title steadily introduces and consolidates new techniques, fingerings,...